The Kid
6 reels of Joy.
1921 • 68 min • Comedy · Drama
Synopsis
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Our family guide
Best from age 8- 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 81 Audience · 2414 · 47%
A lonely tramp discovers an abandoned baby and raises him as his own. Years later, as they eke out a living together, the boy's birth mother, now a wealthy opera singer, yearns to reconnect with her long-lost child, leading to heartfelt drama and slapstick comedy.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 0/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- A mother abandons her newborn baby
- A character contemplates suicide (briefly implied)
- Instances of roughhousing and slapstick falls
What it models well
- Unconditional love and devotion
- Resilience in hardship
- The importance of family, however unconventional
Talk about it after
- What makes someone a "good parent"?
- How the film shows differences between rich and poor
- Why people might make difficult choices out of desperation
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Top billed cast
Director: Charlie Chaplin • Crew: Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
Jackie Coogan
The Kid
Carl Miller
The Man
Edna Purviance
The Woman
Albert Austin
Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)
Beulah Bains
Bride (uncredited)
Nellie Bly Baker
Slum Nurse (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)
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Edward Biby
Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)
B.F. Blinn
Assistant (uncredited)
Trailers & clips
THE KID – NEW 100TH ANNIVERSARY TRAILER
Jackie Coogan on THE KID
Reviewer notes
RecommendedAn impoverished woman (Edna Purviance) feels compelled to abandon her child in the hope that he might find a better life - so she leaves him (with a short note) in the back of a car. The two men who find the little bundle don't want anything to do with him, so plonk him down behind some rubbish where de is discovered by the tramp (Charlie Chaplin).…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersIf you enjoy this review, please check out my blog, Old Hat Cinema, at https://oldhatcinema.medium.com/ for more reviews and other cool content. Two Little Tramps The most amazing thing about Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid is that it was released in January of 1921. That makes this film 100 years old!…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersCute and funny. It is difficult to say anything new from this movie or Charles Chaplin. He just delivers a complete story with a lot of different elements. Remarkable is also the performance of Jackie Coogan.
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 8.1/10 (2,414)
- Age rating
- NR
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $250,000
- Box office
- $5,450,000
- IMDb
- tt0012349
